Commissions

I draw on location, on the day, in front of people. Here is what that costs and how it works.

Start with the city and the week

[email protected]
Based
Kadıköy, Istanbul
Travels
Anywhere, with notice and a flight quoted at cost
Answers
Inside two working days, faster when I am not on a job
Next free
Spring 2027 for a commission, sooner for licensing
Elsewhere
Your name
Email
The city, the week, and what it is for

A paragraph is plenty. Tell me the dates first, because that is what decides whether I can say yes.

What a commission costs

Half on booking, half on delivery. Travel, stay and any framing are quoted separately and at cost.

A day on location

From $1,800

One day of drawing wherever you need it.

  • Six to eight hours on site
  • Three to five finished pages
  • Every rough and offcut, scanned
  • Usage for one campaign or issue
  • Travel and stay at cost
Ask about a date
The usual shape

A week in one place

From $7,200

A series rather than a picture, which is what most of this work wants to be.

  • Five days on site
  • Fifteen to twenty finished pages
  • A fold-out panorama of the place
  • Usage worldwide, all editions
  • Travel and stay at cost
Ask about a week

Licensing

From $450

A page that already exists, for something you are printing.

  • Any page from the twelve series
  • Quoted on print run and territory
  • High resolution file the same week
  • A figure back the same day you ask
  • No minimum order
Ask about a page

The details worth settling

Who owns the drawings?
I do, and you license the use we write down. The originals stay with me unless you buy them, which people often do at the end of a job and which I price separately from the commission.
Can you work from photographs?
No. The whole value of this is that I was standing there, and a drawing made from a photograph looks like one within about thirty seconds. If you need the place drawn, I need to go to the place.
What if the weather ruins the days I am booked for?
I build a spare day into anything longer than three days and I draw from under cover when I have to. If a whole trip is washed out we reschedule and you pay only what was actually drawn.
Do you draw live at events?
Often, and it is my favorite kind of job. Day rate plus travel, I bring everything, and the pages go to you at the end of the night rather than a week later.
How far ahead should I ask?
Two to three months for a week on location, less for a single day, and licensing can happen the same afternoon. The calendar looks fuller than it is because I hold time for the monthly Kadıköy drawing.